†Eritreaum Shoshani et al. 2006 (proboscidean)
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Full reference: J. Shoshani, R. C. Walter, M. Abraha, S. Berhe, P. Tassy, W. J. Sanders, G. H. Marchant, Y. Libsekal, T. Ghirmai and D. Zinner. 2006. A proboscidean from the late Oligocene of Eritrea, a ‘‘missing link’’ between early Elephantiformes and Elephantimorpha, and biogeographic implications. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 103(46):17296-17301
Parent taxon: Elephantimorpha according to J. Shoshani et al. 2006
Sister taxa: Elephantida, Eritreum, Mammutida, Mammutidae
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Eritreaum in the database
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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